Delavaya

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Read about Delavaya in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Delavaya (after J. M. Delavay. French missionary, who explored the flora of S.W. China). Sapindaceae. A tree from S.W. China, allied to Xanthoceras, but differing chiefly in its 3-foliolate leaves and in the much smaller flowers with a cupular disk. The only species, D. toxocarpa, (Franch. (D. yunnanensis, Franch.), is a small tree, to 25 ft.: leaflets lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, to 7 inches long: flowers about ⅓ inch across, white: fruit a 2-3-lobed woody caps, with large brownish black seeds. Reported as recently introduced but probably hardy in warmer temperate regions only. CH


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